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2007 NAICS Definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of chemicals and allied products (except agricultural and medicinal chemicals, paints and varnishes, fireworks, and plastics materials and basic forms and shapes).

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

• Merchant wholesale distribution of ammunition--are classified in Industry Group 4239, Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers;
• Merchant wholesale distribution of biological and medical products; botanical drugs and herbs; and pharmaceutical products intended for internal and external consumption in such forms as ampoules, tablets, capsules, vials, ointments, powders, solutions, and suspensions--are classified in Industry 424210, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers;
• Merchant wholesale distribution of farm supplies, such as animal feeds, fertilizers, agricultural chemicals, pesticides, seeds and plant bulbs--are classified in Industry 424910, Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
• Merchant wholesale distribution of paints, and varnishes and similar coatings, pigments, wallpaper, and supplies, such as paint brushes and rollers--are classified in Industry 424950, Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
• Merchant wholesale distribution of lubricating oils and greases--are classified in Industry 424720, Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals);
• Merchant wholesale distribution of fireworks--are classified in Industry 423920, Toy and Hobby Goods and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers; and
• Merchant wholesale distribution of plastics materials and resins, and unsupported plastics film, sheet, sheeting, rod, tube, and other basic forms and shapes--are classified in Industry 424610, Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes Merchant Wholesalers.

Index entries that bring you to this industry:

• Acids merchant wholesalers
• Adhesives and sealants merchant wholesalers
• Alcohol, industrial, merchant wholesalers
• Alkalies merchant wholesalers
• Ammonia (except fertilizer material) merchant wholesalers
• Antifreeze merchant wholesalers
• Aromatic chemicals merchant wholesalers
• Automotive chemicals (except lubricating greases, lubrication oils) merchant wholesalers
• Bleaches merchant wholesalers
• Carbon black merchant wholesalers
• Caulking materials merchant wholesalers
• Caustic soda merchant wholesalers
• Chemical additives (e.g., concrete, food, fuel, oil) merchant wholesalers
• Chemical gases merchant wholesalers
• Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers
• Cleaning compounds and preparations merchant wholesalers
• Coal tar products, primary and intermediate, merchant wholesalers
• Compressed gases (except LP gas) merchant wholesalers
• Concrete additives merchant wholesalers
• Cyclic crudes and intermediates merchant wholesalers
• Deodorants (except personal) merchant wholesalers
• Detergents merchant wholesalers
• Drilling muds merchant wholesalers
• Dry ice merchant wholesalers
• Dyes, industrial, merchant wholesalers
• Dyestuffs merchant wholesalers
• Essential oils merchant wholesalers
• Explosives (except ammunition, fireworks) merchant wholesalers
• Fibers, manmade, merchant wholesalers
• Fire extinguisher preparations merchant wholesalers
• Gases, compressed and liquefied (except liquefied petroleum gas), merchant wholesalers
• Gelatin, inedible, merchant wholesalers
• Glues merchant wholesalers
• Gum and wood chemicals merchant wholesalers
• Ice, dry, merchant wholesalers
• Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers
• Industrial gases merchant wholesalers
• Industrial salts merchant wholesalers
• Inorganic chemicals merchant wholesalers
• Janitorial chemicals merchant wholesalers
• Laundry soap, chips, and powder, merchant wholesalers
• Liquefied gases (except LP) merchant wholesalers
• Man-made fibers merchant wholesalers
• Mastics (except construction) merchant wholesalers
• Metal cyanides merchant wholesalers
• Oil additives merchant wholesalers
• Oil drilling muds merchant wholesalers
• Organic chemicals merchant wholesalers
• Pesticides (except agricultural) merchant wholesalers
• Polishes (e.g., automobile, furniture, metal, shoe, stove) merchant wholesalers
• Resins, synthetic rubber, merchant wholesalers
• Rosins merchant wholesalers
• Salts, industrial, merchant wholesalers
• Sealants merchant wholesalers
• Sulfuric acid merchant wholesalers
• Surface active agents merchant wholesalers
• Synthetic rubber merchant wholesalers
• Turpentine merchant wholesalers
• Water softening compounds merchant wholesalers
• Waxes (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers
• Welding gases merchant wholesalers
• Wood treating preparations merchant wholesalers